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552 TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA.
am-phibium S. filiquis declinacis oblongo-ovatis, foliis pinnatifi-
3- dis lerraiis. Sp. pi. 917. (Bauh. Prod. t. 3H. fig,
ad dextram. Moris, hifi. f. 3. /. "7./. 3. ordinis in- ■
ferioris. Pet. herb. t. 4g. f. 9)
Amphibious Rocket, or jagged Water-Radiih,
Jnglis.
By the fides of ditches, and where water has flag-
nated, but not common. Sibbald. i;.VII.
The leaves of this have four or five pair of oval
fcrrated Pintice., growing fefiile upon a wide foli-
aceous rib, with an odd one at the end, divided
into three lobes : the ftalk is angular, and has
many flexures among the flowering branches : the
flowers are fmall and yellow : the petals fhorter
than the calyx.
^aquaiicum There is a variety of this with leaves entire, or
only ferrated on the edges, {vid. Bauh. Frodrom.
t. 35^/^. ad.firdjiram. Ger. em. 240. /. 2. Moris.
hifi. /. 3. /. 7- /. 4. crdiyiis inferior is. Pet. herb. t.
49- /• 8J
Broad-leav'd Water-Radilh. Anglls.
This grows with its root under water, in ditches
and lakes. 1;. VI. VII-
The leaves, which arc immerfed under water, are
pinnated with narrow linear P/;?;/^, but thofe out
of the water are lanceolate, and either ferrated on
the edges, or a little jagged : the petals are yel-
low, and longer than the calyx. The whole
plant has an acrid tafte.
** Caule

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